Under the Essential Commodities Act, States have a right to carry out searches and take action and they did it, Pradhan said.
It is to be noted that, based on the allegation of black-marketing of LPG cylinders by agencies, adulteration of petrol and diesel, State Vigilance conducted raid in various Petrol Pumps across the State including Koraput, Nawarangpur, Puri, Bhubaneswar, Berhampur, Balsore, Sambalpur, Bargarh, Angul, Khurdha and Cuttack.